Rick Fochtman wrote on 2007-06-29 12:11:01: > --------------------------<snip>--------------------- > > >>AMASPZAP opens the SYSLIB dataset with a DCB, not an ACB, so it can't > >>open a VSAM dataset. > > > >z/OS MVS Diagnosis: Tools and Service Aids disagrees: > > > >In addition, SPZAP can be used to inspect and modify data other than > >executable programs. Examples of such types of data are: > > > >... > >o A VSAM sequential or indexed data set. > > > -------------------------<unsnip>------------------------ > That's a bit of a surprise, Bob. When did that capability come to > AMASPZAP? The last utility I knew of that could "ZAP" a VSAM cluster was > the old VSAMZAP program, from (probably) 20 years ago. (I used it many > times to good effect, and loved it!)
I don't have an answer for you. I inherited the code several generations of programmers after Don Ludlow moved on, and the module prolog offers no hint of any changes to explicitly add the capability of working with VSAM objects. I do know that we asked inside IBM for anyone who had exploited the capability within modern memory and couldn't find anyone at a time when some DASD changes were being considered. It doesn't appear to be the most valuable thing that SPZAP does - barring input from IBM-MAIN contributors or other customers to the contrary. Bob Wright - MVS Service Aids ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
